Question 1

Which of the following is assumed to be most limited in scope under a market system?

Accepted Answer

A)   entrepreneurship
B)   self-interest
C)   specialization
D)   government

Question 2

In analyzing a market system, economists often assume that ﬁrms will choose the production techniques
that will give them maximum revenues.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Selﬁshness and self-interest are identical concepts in economics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A market system tends to restrict business risk to owners and investors. This results in which of the following beneﬁts?

Accepted Answer

A)   a more stable macroeconomy with fewer recessions
B)   Firms are better able to attract inputs, as these inputs do not have to share the risk.
C)   Government agencies are better prepared to help when businesses fail.
D)   consistently lower prices for consumers

Question 5

Consumers express self-interest when they

Accepted Answer

A)   seek the lowest price for a product.
B)   reduce business losses.
C)   collect economic proﬁts.
D)   exclude others in their thinking.

Question 6

Which of the following is a fundamental characteristic of the market system?

Accepted Answer

A)   property rights
B)   central planning by government
C)   unselﬁsh behavior
D)   government-set wages and prices

Question 7

In a market system, which of the following is a major beneﬁt of making the ﬁrm's owners and investors exclusively shoulder the business risk?

Accepted Answer

A)   Those who deeply dislike business risk will not have anything to do with the business.
B)   This allows ﬁrms to more easily attract labor and other suppliers of inputs.
C)   This reduces the business risk in the economy.
D)   It makes it easier for the government to monitor and manage the business risk.

Question 8

The market system's answer to the fundamental question "Who will get the goods and services?" is essentially

Accepted Answer

A)   "Those most willing and able to pay for them."
B)   "Those who physically produced them."
C)   "Those who most need them."
D)   "Those who get utility from them."

Question 9

The term "laissez-faire" suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)   land and other natural resources should be privately owned, but capital should be publicly owned.
B)   land and other natural resources should be publicly owned, but capital should be privately owned.
C)   government should not interfere with the operation of the economy.
D)   government action is absolutely necessary if the economy is to achieve full employment and full production.

Question 10

Which of the following is not a reason why specialization and trade are beneﬁcial to society?

Accepted Answer

A)   The total output of economic goods may be increased even without any increase in resources.
B)   Scarce resources are utilized more eﬃciently by exploiting differences among them.
C)   Specialization fosters learning by doing, thus lowering the unit-costs of products.
D)   Firms and workers become less dependent on others for producing goods and services.

Question 11

Which of the following is the main problem with the barter system of exchange?

Accepted Answer

A)   It encourages self-interest.
B)   It fosters the division of labor.
C)   It requires a coincidence of wants.
D)   It undermines the right to bequeath.

Question 12

The distribution of income in a market system is a primary factor that resolves which of the following fundamental economic questions?

Accepted Answer

A)   What will be produced?
B)   How will the output be produced?
C)   How will the system accommodate change?
D)   Who will get the output?

Question 13

The term consumer sovereignty means that

Accepted Answer

A)   government is responsible for protecting consumers' interests.
B)   what is produced is ultimately determined by what consumers buy.
C)   there are no limits on what consumers may buy in a market system.
D)   producers have strong control over what consumers buy.

Question 14

The development of the digital video camera, which replaced ﬁlm video cameras, is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)   roundabout production.
B)   derived demand.
C)   creative destruction.
D)   specialization.

Question 15

The production technique that is most eﬃcient is the one that produces a given amount of output

Accepted Answer

A)   using the least amount of labor resources.
B)   at the highest price per unit.
C)   at the lowest cost per unit.
D)   that yields the highest revenues.

Question 16

Which is one of the ﬁve fundamental questions that need to be dealt with in any economic system?

Accepted Answer

A)   What makes the rate of unemployment low?
B)   Who will be the richest group in the economy?
C)   How will goods and services be produced?
D)   How high should the prices of goods and services be?

Question 17

Which of the following statements about self-interest in a market system is false?

Accepted Answer

A)   Self-interest usually motivates an individual to deliver something of value to others.
B)   Self-interest of entrepreneurs implies seeking maximum proﬁts or minimum losses.
C)   Self-interest applies only to capitalists and entrepreneurs, not to workers employed by others.
D)   In a market system, consumers are just like ﬁrms: self-interest is what motivates them.

Question 18

According to the circular ﬂow model of the market system, when resource-owners' money income is
rising, then the costs to business ﬁrms that employ their resources must be falling.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The government may impose industrial safety regulations and occupational licensing requirements in which of the following economic systems?

Accepted Answer

A)   the laissez-faire economy
B)   pure capitalism
C)   a mixed-market economy
D)   macroeconomic systems

Question 20

Refer to the diagram. Flow 2 represents

Accepted Answer

A)   wage, rent, interest, and proﬁt income.
B)   land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability.
C)   goods and services.
D)   consumer expenditures.

Exam 2: The Market System and the Circular Flow

In a market system, which of the following is a major beneﬁt of making the ﬁrm's owners and investors exclusively shoulder the business risk?

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The market system's answer to the fundamental question "Who will get the goods and services?" is essentially

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In analyzing a market system, economists often assume that ﬁrms will choose the production techniques that will give them maximum revenues.

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Which of the following is assumed to be most limited in scope under a market system?

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Refer to the diagram. Flow 2 represents

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The term consumer sovereignty means that

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The distribution of income in a market system is a primary factor that resolves which of the following fundamental economic questions?

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Which of the following statements about self-interest in a market system is false?

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Which of the following is a fundamental characteristic of the market system?

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A market system tends to restrict business risk to owners and investors. This results in which of the following beneﬁts?

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Which of the following is the main problem with the barter system of exchange?

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Selﬁshness and self-interest are identical concepts in economics.

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Consumers express self-interest when they

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Which of the following is not a reason why specialization and trade are beneﬁcial to society?

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The production technique that is most eﬃcient is the one that produces a given amount of output

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The development of the digital video camera, which replaced ﬁlm video cameras, is an example of

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Which is one of the ﬁve fundamental questions that need to be dealt with in any economic system?

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According to the circular ﬂow model of the market system, when resource-owners' money income is rising, then the costs to business ﬁrms that employ their resources must be falling.

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The term "laissez-faire" suggests that

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The government may impose industrial safety regulations and occupational licensing requirements in which of the following economic systems?

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